Suitability of leguminous cover crop pollens as food source for the green lacewing Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 371-376

  Venzon, Madelaine ^a   Rosado, Maria C ^a   Euzébio, Denise E ^a   Souza, Brígida ^b   Schoereder, José H ^c  

^a EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Coffee; Conservation biological control; Crotalaria juncea; Predator

Indexed keywords

CAJANUS CAJAN; CANNABIS; CHRYSOPERLA EXTERNA; CHRYSOPIDAE; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; NEUROPTERA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33746931780     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000300012     Document Type: Article

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